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Indonesian palm oil giant launches conservation pilot project
2013-03-19 03:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Golden Agri-Resources, one of the largest palm oil producers in Indonesia, is launching a pilot program designed to protect forests within its concession areas that have high carbon stock and those most important for conservation. Greenpeace Indonesia, which has long urged the company to adopt more sustainable practices, praised the effort, and called on other palm oil companies and the Indonesian government to follow suit. Under its Forest Conservation Policy, developed together with Greenpeace...
Indonesian Government to Revoke Palm Oil Licenses Without Sustainable Credentials
2013-03-13 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jakarta Globe: The Indonesian government is ready to revoke the licenses of palm oil companies in the country if they do not have an Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil certificate by 2014, a high-level official at the Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday. Because it is a mandatory, there will be sanctions. We could revoke the licenses of palm oil companies that do not have the ISPO, said Gamal Nasir, director general for plantations at the ministry. The Indonesian government introduced the ISPO several years...
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Otto Marine to build two anchor handling tug supply vessels for Indonesian owner
2013-03-12 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Singapore-based shipbuilder Otto Marine has won a $27.8m contract from an unnamed Indonesian owner to build two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels.
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Indonesian palm oil company denies child labor claims, new allegations arise
2013-02-28 07:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: PT Sinar Sawit Andalan (PT SSA), a palm oil plantation company in Indonesias West Kalimantan province, has denied allegations that the company employs children. PT SSA was responding to a video released earlier this month that showed school-age children carrying polybags at the companys work site in West Kalimantans Sintang district. A Sintang district government team has investigated the claim and released a progress report confirming the companys statements. However another resident of the...
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Rapacious War Against Nature: Indonesian Palm Oil
2013-02-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: A couple decades ago just prior to my postgraduate studies at The University of Melbourne I had the privilege of visiting an Indonesian rainforest. I encourage everyone to spend one night in a tropical rainforest; its rich array and cacophony of jungle life will change your life -- forever. A lot has changed since then -- the ferocity and scale of 'The War Against Nature' is heartbreaking -- 300 football fields an hour of priceless tropical rainforests are being felled to make room for unregulated...
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